For centuries, Christians have debated an important question. Can someone truly follow Jesus without baptism? Some churches ...

Sunday, Oct. 13, is the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Wisdom 7:7-11; Psalm 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17; Hebrews 4:12-13; Mark 10:17-30 or 10:17-27. Today’s Gospel invites us to wrestle with ...

Discover the importance of following Jesus' call in your life. Learn how to recognize his voice and find a sense of belonging in his love.

So he makes what seems to be kind of a harsh statement: "You have to love God more than father, mother, brother, sister, wife, family, children, or you can't be my disciple." At the very end, he says, ...

Sunday, Feb. 23, is the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13; 1 Corinthians 15:45-49; Luke 6:27-38. In Jesus’ teachings, ...

This Gospel lesson is intended to give us hope and encouragement in the face of evil, temptation and sin. The Scripture commentators remind us when we reflect on this Gospel lesson that all the words ...

John 14:6 states: “ Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Further Matthew 3:2 tells us to repent for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

From the beginning of his ministry, Jesus preached a message that was familiar enough so that those who came to hear him could recognize their religious tradition. At the same time, that message was ...

The first generation of Jesus’ followers were Scripture-reading Jews who believed that Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection were fulfillments of prophetic predictions that a messiah would one day ...